‘Socialism Sucks’ Meme A screenshot of photographs labeled "USA" and "USSR" in a meme about socialism might have been misidentified by the meme maker.
Angelika Greg-Delany #WalkAway Campaign: ‘I Came From the Soviet Socialist Part of the Ukraine, I Barely Survived’ A viral post made to the "#WalkAway Campaign" group on January 7 2020 conflates socialism and communism in a purported firsthand account from a failing USSR.
Harry S. Truman: ‘Socialism is a Scare Word’ A viral Facebook meme claims that the 33rd President of the United States criticized the use of the term as wielded against the public's interest.
Tim Allen ‘Trump 2020 or America Is Dead’ Commentary In September 2019, a number of Facebook posts attributed a pro-Trump missive shared on the social network to actor Tim Allen — which happens to be a common name.
Are Venezuelans Being ‘Shot in the Streets’ After a 2012 Gun Ban? An April 30 2019 text-based Facebook post (archived here) claiming that 2012 gun control legislation in Venezuela prompted political unrest was shared over 100,000 times in a few days: https://www.facebook.com/david.o.jeffcoat/posts/10218751538115494 The status update, which came in text form without news links or other form of citation or context, and it drew a direct line between […]
Are FDR and LBJ Era ‘Say No to Socialism’ Buttons Authentic? On February 21 2019, economist and former United States Secretary of Labor Robert Reich published a tweet alongside what appeared to be an image of two political buttons from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s and Lyndon B. Johnson’s campaigns: Although Reich made no specific reference to the “say ‘no’ to socialism” buttons shown, he wrote: For over […]
Did Ronald Reagan Say Socialism ‘Only Works in Two Places,’ Heaven and Hell? On February 10 2019, Senator Chris McDaniel shared a meme quoting Ronald Reagan on “socialism” only functioning properly in two places: Above a black-and-white photograph of President Reagan, the meme read: SOCIALISM ONLY WORKS IN TWO PLACES: HEAVEN, WHERE THEY DON’T NEED IT, AND HELL WHERE THEY ALREADY HAVE IT. Iterations of the same quote […]
Did Winston Churchill Say Socialism is the Philosophy of Failure? On February 8 2019, a Facebook user shared the following meme, featuring images of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez above a purported quote from British wartime leader Winston Churchill: Underneath two identical images of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, it featured a photograph of Churchill and a quote: CHURCHILL ON SOCIALISM: “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of […]
Is a Meme About Taxes Europeans Pay for Their ‘Free Stuff’ Accurate? On December 18, 2018, a Facebook user shared this meme about tax and purported socialism in several European countries: In addition to a chart listing purported figures for Germany, England, Italy, and Greece, its text read: JUST WANTED TO SHOW ALL OF YOU WHO THINK SOCIALISM IS THE WAY TO GO. THIS IS HOW MUCH PEOPLE […]
